I’m watching “The Jesus Tomb” documentary, and there are about 20 minutes left until it is over. I have to say that there are holes all through this thing, and you don’t have to be a specialist in historical Jesus studies to see them. I think that is why the Discovery Channel put a disclaimer at the beginning of the program and have contracted Ted Koppel to do a cross-examination when it is finished. The conclusions being drawn in the documentary do not follow from the facts that they have laid out. The non-sequitors are too numerous to count. One this is for sure, this is a pretty hokey documentary.…

According to PRNewswire, Ted Koppel will host a panel discussion immediately following the Discovery Channel’s airing of “The Jesus Tomb.” Look for it at 10pm CT on Sunday evening on the Discovery Channel. Panelists include:

Darrell Bock is an evangelical scholar, and Bart Ehrman is an agnostic one. Yet according to Jeffrey Weiss of the Dallas Morning News, they have the same opinion about the so-called “Jesus Tomb.” It’s a bunch of “hooey”! I think this story has just about run its course. It became clear by mid-week that no reputable scholar (Christian or non-Christian) wants to attribute any credibility to the ideas put forth in James Cameron’s forthcoming documentary “The Lost Tomb of Jesus.” Except for the initially credulous coverage by the mainstream media, the rejection has been virtually unanimous. Here’s an updated list of resources concerning the “Jesus Tomb.”

This is just in from the Washington Post, and it’s devastating to the credibility of those hawking the so-called “Jesus Tomb.”

Below are items that might be helpful as you evaluate the titanically tendentious claims of “The Jesus Tomb.” The list is divided between Biblical scholars who have weighed in and popular commentaries available in various media outlets. This latest update includes two MP3’s: (1) interviews with Ben Witherington and Darrell Bock, and (2) Al Mohler’s most recent radio broadcast on the subject. [I’ve moved the update list to this location.]

Last night, Dr. R. Albert Mohler appeared on “Larry King Live” to discuss the so-called “Jesus Tomb.” You can read the transcript of the program here. James Cameron’s response to one of Mohler’s remarks was completely inane. Mohler had observed how unlikely it would be that a peasant family of Nazareth would end up in a middle-class family tomb near Jerusalem. Such things just did not happen.

James Cameron, the director of the 1997 best-picture Titanic, has produced a documentary claiming to have unearthed Jesus’ tomb and bodily remains. In a new documentary, Producer Cameron and his director, Simcha Jacobovici, make the starting claim that Jesus wasn’t resurrected –the cornerstone of Christian faith– and that his burial cave was discovered near Jerusalem. And, get this, Jesus sired a son with Mary Magdelene. . . Film-makers Cameron and Jacobovici claim to have amassed evidence through DNA tests, archeological evidence and Biblical studies, that the 10 coffins belong to Jesus and his family (source).